How to Make Keyboard Bullets, Stars, Hearts, French Accents, Copyright Symbols & More with the Alt Key
Do you ever need to type symbols or foreign letters that aren't on your computer keyboard? Like © for Copyright or the Trademark symbol (â„¢) or a real bullet "¢ instead of an asterisk (*)?
Even though I write in English, I've often needed to type a name or word in French, German or Spanish, using letters with accents such as à , é, ü or ñ. But they aren't on my English keyboard. So many times I had to use e' when what I really wanted was the accented é. There are many words in common usage that require these accents: résumé, tête-à -tête, à la carte....For a long time, I never knew the secret to these "missing" keyboard symbols... until one day I was given a list of them. Ah-ha! No more mystery... I just had to unlock the "secret method," which I had never learned before.
Actually, there are three methods you can use:
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The "Insert" function in Microsoft Word/Publisher/FrontPage
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The Windows "Character Map" for copying and pasting symbols
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The "Alt Key" shortcuts for the same symbols.
(1) How to Use the "Insert" Function:
In many Windows programs (including Word, Publisher and FrontPage), there's an easy way to insert symbols for copyright, trademark, cents and French, German and Spanish accents. You never again have to use e', when what you really want is é.
On the top of the screen of your open Word (Publisher/FrontPage) document, you'll see the headings: File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, etc. Click on "Insert" and on the drop-down list, click on "Symbol." A symbol box will pop up. Click on the symbol you want to insert into your text, then click on the insert button and close the box.
(2) How to Use the "Character Map" in Windows:
Another method is to use the "Character Map" to copy and paste the required symbols. In Windows (XP) you'll find the Character Map by clicking on the Windows Start Menu, then All Programs, then Accessories, System Tools and Character Map. The Character Map box pops up.
Choose the font you wish to use from the drop-down menu at the top. Place your curser where you'd like to insert the symbol, click on the symbol you wish to insert, click on the Select Button, then the Copy Button and then paste the symbol onto your page (using Edit, Paste or the "Control v" shortcut). You'll also see the Alt Key shortcut at the bottom of the Character Map, for future reference.
(3) How to Make Keyboard Symbols with the "Alt" Key and Numeric Keypad:
Another way is to use the "Alt" key and numbers - making sure to use your numeric keypad, not the numbers on the top of the keyboard. NumLock needs to be ON.
Using the numeric keypad, hold down the Alt key, hit the Zero key and then three additional numbers in succession. For example for © Copyright, hold down Alt, press the number 0, then press the numbers 1, 6, 9. Then you can let up the Alt key.
The basic symbols below will work with most text fonts.
Copyright (©) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 9
Trademark (â„¢) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 3
Registered (®) is Alt, 0, 1, 7, 4
Bullet ("¢) is Alt, 0, 1, 4, 9
Ellipsis (...) is Alt, 0, 1, 3, 3
"N" Dash (-) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 0
"M" Dash ("”) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 1
Pound (£) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 3
Cents (¢) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 2
One-half (½) is Alt, 0, 1, 8, 9
French accent (Ã ) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 4
French accent (ç) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 1
French accent (è) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 2
French accent (é) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 3
French accent (ê) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 4
German accent (ü) is Alt, 0, 2, 5, 2
Spanish accent (ñ) is Alt, 0, 2, 4, 1
Making Graphics with Text Fonts:
In print publications such as flyers, it's helpful to know how to make check boxes, checkmarks or scissors (for coupon cutting). You get these symbols with Wingding (comes with Word) and Dingbat fonts that let you add even more pizzazz to your documents with hearts, stars, arrows, fancy bullets, spacers and more.
A few Dingbat-style symbols come with your text fonts!
(These work with Times New Roman and Arial, but not web-style fonts such as Verdana)
Smiley face☺ is Alt, 1
Heart ♥ is Alt, 3
Diamond ♦ is Alt, 4
Club ♣ is Alt, 5
Spade â™ is Alt, 6
Bullet "¢ is Alt, 7
Bullet â—˜ is Alt, 8
Music Notes ♫ is Alt, 1, 4
Sun ☼ is Alt, 1, 5
(Heart border = Alt, 3 repeated, using Times New Roman 12 point font.)
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Graphic Text Symbols
For graphic text symbols, change your font to Wingdings (comes with Microsoft Word and Publisher) or Zapf Dingbats (for hearts). You can resize these symbols the same way you'd resize any text.
ITC Zapf Dingbats (including hearts):
You won't be able to see the graphics below without the Dingbats font installed (hearts, arrows, star, bullet, etc.).
Either use the "Insert" function as instructed above, or the following sampling of keyboard shortcuts (you'll find more at Insert, Symbol):
Heart symbol (¤) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 4
Heart symbol (ª) is Alt 0, 1, 7, 0
Divider heart symbol ( ¦ ) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6
Divider heart symbol (§) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 7
Scissors symbol ( " ) is Alt, 0, 3, 4 (for coupon cutting)
Checkmark symbol ( 4 ) is Alt, 0, 5, 2
X Checkmark Symbol ( 8 ) is Alt, 0, 0, 5, 6
Star Symbol ( H ) is Alt, 0, 7, 2
Check Box Symbol ( o ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 1
Arrow Symbol ( Ü ) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 0
Another Cool Bullet ( u ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 7
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
(Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6 - Dingbat heart border - it looks great, but you can only see it if you have Dingbats installed on your computer.)
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105 Comments
The tricks are amazing to grasp. cool. keep up
Is there any way to make these symbols on a laptop keyboard?
Please help!!!
can anyone help me to make a one-fourth sign?
1/4 is: ALT, 1,7,2
You can only make the symbols on a laptop if there is a num pad on your keyboard. My laptop has a num pad in the center of the keyboard (the same keys as some of the letters) and you have to hold down a function key to use it. So I just hold down the function key while I press the sequence of keys I need to make the symbol.
THAT RELYY ORKS THNKZ
Well done. These work in Photoshop 7.0 (yeah, I'm behind the times...)
this IS fabulous! Thanks
go to this website for a list of them ☺♠♣♦☺☻♥
http://www.squidoo.com/keyboardsymbols
the star symbol doesn't work.
help:p
THE heart does not work i don't understand it....A little help would be nice thanx
hOw tO MaKe a StAr???
Ha?????
does anyone know how to make a turtle??
please help
ha
Does anyone know how to make musical notes? Or just one I could repeat. Thanks!
for some reason this is NOT working for me. i have a laptop & the advice above for this on a laptop did not work on mine for some reason. im wanting to post something for sale in the baby part of craigslist & want this in my posting title. can anyone help?
On my laptop, you must use the small numbers located on letter M thru 9. You must lock the numbers by pressing FN and ALT together, then the number sequence. For example a heart would be FN, ALT #3(located on L) ♥
Musical notes are ♫ ♪ ALT 13 & 14
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE A STAR!!!! WHEN I TRY TO DO IT IT JUST MAKES A "H". SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME. wen u respond to this, please write my name so i no it is for me......thanks
how do you make the star
someone please answer, i really wanna no how to make a star, and not the little small one above the 8
Can you add more for the wingdings please and some for the webdings.☺
To make a musice note
alt 1 4
alt 1 3
umm....how to make rain,star,turtle,unbrella and etc.??? please help!!! i'm been looking for those for months...PLEASE HELP!!!!
BOBBITA or whoever needs to know..Obviously, no one seems to know what key combo makes a 5-pointed star, black OR white. At least not with MY keyboard, 'cause nothing works like it's supposed to. I have gone to the ends of the Earth to find this out, with no luck. BUT...I finally figured a way to GET a star. Just highlight and copy a star wherever you see one. In other words, say for instance you Google the question: "What alt-key combo makes a 5-pointed star?", and you get 20 websites that have 20 answers saying to press "this or that", with an actual text-sized black or white star next to it. But it doesn't work for you, and you want to smash your computer. It's simple --Copy the star, paste it in, that's how I did this ★. (It was a square at first, but when I highlighted it, it changed to a star. Un-highlighting it changed it back to a square, but when I moved my cursor around a couple times, viola! there it was!!)(try typing a letter or too after the square if nothing else works. Play around a little, it will appear) Why is it so damn complicated to get a star, the most common damn symbol in the universe? They have everything BUT that available......Sheeesh...★
i loveee these u should def. make a dinosoar one RAWR!!!
how do u make the alt symbols with a laptop?It wont work for me and i think thats why.please respond and help.
DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW 2 MAKE A PEACE SIGN ASLL OF MY FRIENDS KNOW HOW 2 BUT I CAN NOT
i tried to make those symbols on my laptop, but it doesn't work. and when it does, it appears as boxes to me, but symbol to the person i tried to send it on. but why can't i see the symbols? thanks for the advise and help (:
if you dont have a side number board like on a real computer keyboard the symbols don't work. it has the be the side number keys, not the ones above the letters on your laptop. hence the reason symbols wont appear.
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Hi an easier way for an heart is alt 3 ♥♥♥ =]]]
Heyy guys, guess what? I know ALOT more symbol's then anyone of you, ok? now check this out: ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ ×Ø£È♪.┤Ç-ûÑÒ¹╚Îo•■T8¶1JÆ1☺\4X─7Å8ã...ect.
I know ALOT more, but I don't feel like writing them. Anyway, if anyone want's more ad my msn: tessa_teresa@hotmail.com
Thank's!
Also, don't click on my msn because it's not anything, it just does that because the ".com" thingy so it think's it's a website. anyway tootle-looz!
☺(alt 1)
☻ (alt 2)
♥ (alt 3)
♦(alt 4)
♣(alt 5)
♠ (alt 6)
• (alt 7)
◘ (alt
○ (alt 9)
♀ (alt 12)
♪ (alt 13)
♫ (alt 14)
☼ (alt 15)
► (alt 16)
◄( alt 17)
↕ (alt 18)
¶ ( alt 20)
§ ( alt 21)
↨ ( alt 23)
↑ ( alt 24)
↓ (alt 25)
→ ( alt 26)
← (alt 27)
↔( alt 29)
▲ ( alt 30)
How do I make a star?
the star doesnt work /:
alt 072
shows up as an H
hey this page helps me alot but how do u make stars???And what Chrissy↑ said is true.
It does come out as a H.
Anyways.....by3.....C=
how do i make an ℓ using the alt button im not sure how to do it HELP!
check this page out for heaps of easy to use symbols
http://www.tedmontgomery.com/tutorial/altchrc.html
Wow this is cool♥
how do u make a fancy letters with laptop keyboard???
tell me pls
ALT 254 IS ↓
ALT 245 IS ⌡
ALT 24 IS ↑
Hey! I know how to make a thin square now! It's alt (720) See? ╨ oh... well it works on word....
Nowe I got it! Haha! Okay it's alt (3698) I think.... r Ugh! Nevermind.... xD
Oh my gosh.... try on word- alt(555) its so awesome!!!!!!!!!!
☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○◙♂♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓ That's 1-25 for yuh.
iit is easy to make stuff.u cant do it with a laptop though cuz u dnt hve numbers on da side of ur laptop unless u buy a separete ding.i called al my friends to c if dey knew how to do a star dey never knew but i found out how on here.yepp...so yaa.i use it for myspace.and DOES ANY1 KNOW HOW TO DO A PEACE SIGN??? PLZ TELL ME!!! PLZ...☺
how to make a star symbol???
pls???
oh darn i mean you make a heart my bad lol
heyz guyz how to make a symbol with this ( ⒸⒽⒶⓇⓂ )
I nid to know this thanks..
how do u make a star symbol
oh my god the copy and paste does work to get a star i highlighted it, copied and then pasted it, where i wanted it in my myspace name!
the wingdings dont work for me....
if u dont know how to make a star read what dan wrote
"Dean
Posted October 22, 2008 at 4:10 pm | Permalink
BOBBITA or whoever needs to know..Obviously, no one seems to know what key combo makes a 5-pointed star, black OR white. At least not with MY keyboard, 'cause nothing works like it's supposed to. I have gone to the ends of the Earth to find this out, with no luck. BUT...I finally figured a way to GET a star. Just highlight and copy a star wherever you see one. In other words, say for instance you Google the question: "What alt-key combo makes a 5-pointed star?", and you get 20 websites that have 20 answers saying to press "this or that", with an actual text-sized black or white star next to it. But it doesn't work for you, and you want to smash your computer. It's simple --Copy the star, paste it in, that's how I did this ★. (It was a square at first, but when I highlighted it, it changed to a star. Un-highlighting it changed it back to a square, but when I moved my cursor around a couple times, viola! there it was!!)(try typing a letter or too after the square if nothing else works. Play around a little, it will appear) Why is it so damn complicated to get a star, the most common damn symbol in the universe? They have everything BUT that available......Sheeesh...★" oh my gosh u guys r slow!
soory i ment to spell dean i wrote to fast!
How come it doesn't work on my computer?? I tried the "Alt" key and a number. But it doesn't work. Why is that?? Am I suppose do to it on some other notepad?? Or is it because the computer's different??
Is there any way of making the infinity symbol?
hey everyones names look all cool and with hearts on myspace, and i want to find out how to do that i dont know how to do it and everyone above have their names all cool looking can u plz help me thanks
Wow these are pretty cool!!!! lol ☺ ♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪
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Hey does anyone know how to make the chanel logo on the keyboard? its like the CC that interlocks? thank you
i dont get it can you help
im trying to figure out how to spell out prodigy and make it look cool lol, anyone can help me??
******************* this is a star not this
this is so cool. thanks guys
alt 3 =♥
alt 14 =♫
alt 15 =☼
white star ^ ^ ☆ ☆
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how about the star symbol ??
Does Anyone Know Haw To Make A Peace Sign?????
HELP!
Does Anyone Know Haw To Make A Peace Sign?????
Please HELP!!!!!!
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◙ ♂ ♀♪♫☼►◄↕‼¶§▬↨↑↓→←∟↔▲▼ !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnpqrstuvwxyz{|}~⌂ÇüéâäàåçêëèïîìÄÅÉæÆôöòûùÿÖÜø£Ø׃áíóúñѪº¿®¬½¼¡«»░ that is 176 things so beat that! lol :D:D i still want 2 no how 2 do a star....how????
does anyone use the character map? i cant seem to get it to paste what i need. i am following the directions but its pasting something else... when using the windings anyhow. thats all ive tried
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How do u make all of the hearts
☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮peace sign☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
Just copy this:☮ and paste on a word or document, then save. So, whenever you like to use it, just open that document and copy and paste it. Very easy! ☺
☮☮☮☮aha!! i know how to make a piece sign see.. ☮☮☮☮
☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮☮
i want to make the eighth note but what do you mean when u put 14 alt??
can anyone show me how to make a diamond....but it has to be clear in the middle
please help me !!
ok ppl this is how you make a star!
alt+9734 alt+9733 or laptop alt+fn+9734 alt+fn+9733 ok wow soooo hard ★☆★☆
alt 172
I have an acer laptop. It has the "second" number pad in blue on the letters but when I try what was suggested(the fn+alt+ numbers) it just pulls down tabs from the browser
has anyone found any solution who has had this problem?
how do u make the lightnin bolt or skull
How do you do the white love heart ? Its not like the little black one, its the big white one?
I cany find it anywhere.
Arghh.
Let me know.
Thanks kiddies x
Omg. Every time i try to do this [alt+9733] it does this--> ♣ How do i make a STAR?
is there a way u can make an eye if so please let me no.
how do u make a peace sign???
how to make heart with design uder it???
♥<3 rawr!
Thnx.
This really is helping. I still have problems with copyright symbols. But it works well.
how do u make a stupid peace sign ugggggg
2 make a heart type this: ♥ with no spaces it works 100% sure on myspace facebook and email
& heart ; with no spaces!
WHO EVER WANTS TO NO HOW TO MAKE A SATR ITS SIMPLE JUST PRESS SHIFT AND 8 AND U GET A *(5 POINTED )
SHIFT AND 8 (*)STAR
ALT AND 3(♥)HEART
thanks a ton lola..!! u really gave imp info to ignorant laptop users like me..!!
does anyone know how to amke an R????
I know alots of them like:
® © ♣ ☻ ♥ ☺ • ◘ ♣ ♦ ♠ ☺ ♪ ♫ ♂ ♀ ±, ....
Alot more thate I know.
skull:☠
umbrella: ☂
☆ ★
snowman:☃
cloud: ☁
Or just try this great site: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/miscellaneous_symbols.html
everyone that wants to kno how to make stuff there is alot easier of a way...go to start, accesories, system tools, and charecter map...there r thousands of dif. symbols n u can just copy n paste them
i still havent found a good 6 pointed star though...there r too many symbols to look through on charecter map so if u find 1 please tell me
how do you make a butterfly?
ya canny tell someone to just copy/paste the symbols. the users wanna know how to do it. It's like giving someone a fish when u should be teaching them how to.
ummm i cant do it i have a laptop
a PEACE SIGN is & # 9 7 7 4 (with no spaces)
Hope i could help!
ahaha!! i love star!!! i only made this symbol its very easy thanks guys!! ↕╨╨Y←↕↕D→↕$↕┐╨♠╙aa